Sabbath, Streams at Church, and What God’s doing in the American Church

About this episode

James and Tiana discuss listener questions about practicing sabbath and exploring Christian traditions, with guest Ted Harro addressing what God is doing in the American Church today.

James and Tiana take on listener questions about how to practice sabbath and how to explore the Streams of Christian tradition as a church, and guest contributor Ted Harro joins the cast for an important third question “What do you think that God is doing in the Church in America today?” Show Notes How do you each do sabbath? How would you facilitate exploration of the Streams churchwide? What resources do you know of that could help us immerse ourselves in the Streams? What do you think that God is doing in the Church in America today? Mentioned Streams of Living Water by Richard Foster Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren Recommended Tiana Spencer's recommendation: Living From the Heart Jesus Gave Me by Dr. Jim Wilder James Catford's recommendation: Podcast: Philosophy For Our Time https://art19.com/shows/philosophy-for-our-times

People in this episode

Hosts: James, Tiana

Guest: Ted Harro

Topics covered

• Sabbath
• Christian tradition
• American Church
• listener questions
• spiritual practices

Keywords

• sabbath
• Christian tradition
• American Church
• spiritual practices
• listener questions

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Streams of Living Water, Liturgy of the Ordinary, Living From the Heart Jesus Gave Me, Philosophy For Our Time

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